The guest speaker explains the appeal of being unreachable and using a plain text editor, like Vim, which allows their website to withstand the test of time for hundreds of years.
Computer scientist Sebastian Seung compares the different ways one can write code to the styles of writing essays, highlighting the importance of clean, parsimonious code for programming beginners. He also discusses how asking the right questions and understanding the context is key to a successful interview.
The host discusses the challenges of programming episodes during the pandemic and how the absence of hair and makeup affected the show's format.
The belief that multi-thread problems are the cause of application slowdowns, is a common misconception in programming, often perpetuated by programmers themselves. This myth has been debunked numerous times by experts.
Finding a project that the language is good for can help with learning a programming language, as well as utilizing asserts and focusing on types.
A personal journey of how the speaker learned how to code despite initially avoiding it, to make him less reliant and more self-sufficient. He shares how starting with building gaming systems and simple information systems sparked his interest, and how he slowly started to find it fascinating.
